U.S. oil and gas company Hess Corporation has increased its interest in an ExxonMobil-operated block located offshore Guyana on the back of recent oil discovery in the block. Kaieteur block off Guyana; Source: Ratio Petroleum Westmount Energy, one of the partners in the Kaieteur Block, on Monday noted the announcement by Ratio Petroleum that Hess... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 Nets ‘Very Large’ Deal for Mero 3 Pipeline Delivery
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has awarded offshore services provider Subsea 7 a "very large" contract for the delivery of subsea equipment for the Mero 3 deepwater field development, offshore Brazil. A very large contract, according to Subsea 7, is one worth between USD 500 and 750 million. The Mero-3 field is located some 200 kilometers... Continue Reading →
Talos Best Positioned to Lead Zama Field Development, CEO Says
U.S.-based oil company Talos Energy, working on a unitization agreement for the giant Zama offshore oil discovery in Mexico with the Mexican oil company Pemex, hopes the final solution will see the company lead the development of the field as the operator, and that the parties would realize "true percentages" in the Zama field. Talos... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s oil production rises 4.6% in April vs. March; Petrobras is up 4.4%
(Reuters) Oil production in Brazil up 4.6% in April compared to the previous month, to 2.97 million barrels per day (bpd), in the second consecutive monthly increase, data from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels pointed out. (ANP), with advances from Petrobras and Shell. In comparison with April 2020, there was an... Continue Reading →
New Contracts Drive Maersk Drilling to Upgrade Financial Guidance for 2021
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling on Wednesday upgraded its financial guidance for the year 2021, on the back of improved contracting performance. "Maersk Drilling continues to demonstrate strong commercial and operational performance. Over the past months, Maersk Drilling has secured several new drilling contracts for execution in 2021, and further, Maersk Drilling has successfully - and... Continue Reading →
Nexans to Deliver Umbilicals for Equinor’s Offshore Oilfield in Brazil
Subsea Integration Alliance, a partnership between OneSubsea and Subsea 7, has awarded offshore cable firm Nexans a contract to deliver umbilicals for Equinor's Bacalhau project offshore Brazil. Under the contract, Nexans will design, manufacture and deliver 44 km of steel tube umbilicals and accessories for Equinor's Bacalhau ultra-deepwater oil field development project. Equinor’s offshore project in... Continue Reading →
BP, Eni in talks to merge Angolan oil and gas businesses
(Reuters) BP (BP.L) and Eni (ENI.MI) said on Wednesday they had entered into talks to merge their oil and gas operations in Angola to form one of Africa's largest energy companies. The two companies have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding and are in discussions on a joint venture that will include their liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, they... Continue Reading →
Ouro Negro to supply Monitoring technology to Libra
(TNPetroleo) The contract provides for the installation of the Direct Optical Wire Monitoring (DOWM)) system on flexible risers on three platforms in the Mero field, in the Libra block. The scope of the monitoring service considers flexible production, gas injection and water injection risers. By the end of 2020, Ouro Negro supplied more than 300... Continue Reading →
IMEMATE FINDS OIL INDICATIONS IN AN ONSHORE WELL IN THE ESPIRITO SANTO BASIN
(PetroNoticias) Imetame notified the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) about the discovery of oil evidence in the Sintonia prospectus (1-IMET-28-ES), within the ES-T-441 block, located on the terrestrial part of the Espírito Santo Basin. Exploratory activity in the region began in April. Block ES-T-441 was fully purchased by Imetame in 2018, during the 14th Bidding Round... Continue Reading →
GeoPark Reports on the Ongoing Situation in Colombia
(BUSINESS WIRE)--GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), a leading independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator with operations and growth platforms in Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil and Argentina reports on the ongoing situation in Colombia. Following a new tax reform proposal, a national strike started on April 28, 2021 with... Continue Reading →